06-17-2008, 09:03 AM
Houffalize
Right in the middle of the small town of Houffalize is a mark V "Panther" tank. It was part of Kampfgruppe Tebbe - 116. Panzerdivision "Windhund".
Commanded by Major Gerhard Tebbe (I./Panzerregiment 16).
The names on the side of the Panther tank (Arne Kreutz, Georg Mussbach and Ewald Lochle) are of the men who survived.
It probably went in the river on December 26, 1944 when Houffalize was under attack from Allied planes. The original number was 111 and it was fished out of the river in 1948 with the two dead crew members still in it.
